Second Chorus

About Second Chorus

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager.

H. C. Potter's Second Chorus is a 1941 comedy romance film. The film is filed under college, dance, dancing, and singing.

Fred Astaire takes the lead as Danny O'Neill, Paulette Goddard as Ellen Miller, Artie Shaw as Artie Shaw, and Charles Butterworth as Mr. Chisholm. It runs 84 minutes and was released in January 1941.

The screenplay is by Ben Hecht and Elaine Ryan. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix in the United States.

Wicked, The Broadway Melody, and Shall We Dance make useful companions to Second Chorus, all filed under musical. It carries a NR rating.